Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

About 30 minutes later, around 8:30 p.m., Wang An's GAZ finally wobbled back to his front door.

There was no other way; the road was slippery and difficult to drive on in the dark, and there was a deer being dragged behind the car, with a deer head tied to the roof. This arrangement made Wang An drive even slower.

At this time, the front door was locked, but the living room lights were on, and the family members were probably watching TV. So, Wang An honked the horn a few times to let the family know, and then handed the front door key to Huang Zhong, asking Huang Zhong to go down and open the front door.

When Wang An drove the car into the yard, all the lights in the yard were already on. Wang Dazhu and his wife, along with Wang Yi, came out to greet them. Then Huang Baoguo also came over from the old yard, followed by Mu Xueqing.

Seeing the enormous antlers on the roof rack and the headless carcass of a red deer being dragged behind the vehicle, Liu Guilan couldn't help but exclaim in shock:

"Oh my god, did you two drive into the mountains to hunt before noon?"

As Wang An removed the deer head from the roof of the cart, he said with a smile:

"What hunting? Who hunts after noon? We just happened to pass by it and killed it. By the way, Xiao Zhong killed the deer. We'll give half of the meat and bones to Xiao Zhong's family."

Upon hearing this, Huang Baoguo quickly said:

"That won't do, that won't do. Without you, Young Master An, to take him along, what can he fight? Just give us some venison."

Huang Baoguo was completely unaware of his son's abilities.

Therefore, Wang An immediately retorted:

"Uncle, I don't like what you're saying. Xiao Zhong's marksmanship is really something now. You didn't see it, did you? Before shooting this big deer, Xiao Zhong killed it with one shot, without even firing a second shot."

Huang Baoguo looked at Huang Zhong with a surprised expression and said incredulously:
"Really? It's already like this? How come I didn't know?"

Wang An laughed heartily and said:

"You and my aunt live in the greenhouse all day long, how would you know? Let me tell you, just in terms of marksmanship, Xiao Zhong and Xue Li are almost the same."

After listening, Huang Baoguo looked at Huang Zhong with a face full of satisfaction.

Huang Baoguo only has one son. How could he not be gratified that his son has become successful?
Turning around, Wang An smiled and said to everyone:

"Let me tell you, Xiao Zhong even helped me kill a leopard, a huge one, hahaha."

As he spoke, Wang An walked towards the trunk.

Upon hearing this, the expressions of Wang Dazhu and his wife, Mu Xueqing, and Huang Baoguo all changed simultaneously.

Liu Guilan, her face full of anger, said to Wang Andao:
"You worthless bastard, how can you be so heartless? You've only been recovering from your injury for a few days, and you're already showing off to that leopard again? Are you trying to drive me crazy?"

As she spoke, Liu Guilan stepped forward and patted Wang An on the back, saying as she did so:
"How can you be so heartless? I'd rather beat you to death! How can you be so heartless? How could you..."

Wang An didn't dodge, letting his mother's slap land on his back, while he explained with a grin:

"Neither of us got out of the car, and this leopard just stared at us with its big eyes outside the vehicle, looking like it was going to attack us. I got angry and shot it, hehehehehe."

After Wang An finished speaking, Liu Guilan blinked and asked incredulously:
"They killed the leopard without even getting out of the car? Didn't the leopard know to run away?"

Wang An was about to explain when he turned around and saw Huang Zhong, and said:

"Xiao Zhong, tell them how we killed the big deer and the leopard." Upon hearing this, Huang Zhong immediately recounted the whole story to everyone.

Seeing the focused expressions of the crowd, Wang An walked to the trunk with a smile and opened it.

But when Wang An opened the trunk, he immediately startled all the dogs and wolves, including Dahei, Xiaohei, and Xiaobai, who rushed out of their kennels and barked wildly at the trunk, looking as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

Even the two lynxes appeared out of nowhere, baring their teeth and pouncing on the trunk of the car.

It was clear that even as a corpse, the Amur leopard still exuded an aura of dominance, making the dogs and lynxes very nervous.

As soon as Dahei and the other dogs barked, it immediately set off barking from the dogs that lived closer to Wang An's house, and the barking from those dogs that lived further away set off barking from those dogs that lived even further away.

Finally, all the dogs in the village started barking.

To be honest, this scene sounds quite serious and interesting.

Wang An patted the dogs' heads and said to them with a speechless expression:
"Alright, alright, stop barking. It's dead, what's the point of barking? It's been going on and on all day."

After hearing Wang An's words, Dahei and the other dogs gradually quieted down and then went back to their dens, looking back every few steps.

The dogs were quite obedient and went back to their dens, but the two lynxes showed their ferocity and still looked eager to attack.

Strangely enough, this was the first time these two lynxes had acted so ferociously since they came to Wang An's house; they had never been like this before.

Even when the dismembered tiger entered the house, the two lynxes remained calm and composed, showing no fear or unease whatsoever.

So Wang An spent a long time coaxing the two lynxes, one in each arm, until Wang Dazhu and Huang Baoguo carried the dead leopard into another warm room, and only then did the two lynxes leave reluctantly.

As for the other warm house, it's actually a single room built above another underground fire dragon burning cellar, just like the garage where Wang An parked his car.

The reason for building these two warm houses is twofold. One of them, needless to say, was specifically for Wang An to store his carriage. The other was simply to keep his hands warm while working inside the slaughterhouse.

There's no way around it; when gutting a pig or sheep, if it's done indoors, the smell of the offal is too strong, and that smell lingers for days.

The reason for this is that in winter, the windows in rural Northeast China are completely sealed, and it is impossible to open them for ventilation.

Poor people would patch the gaps in their windows with paper, while wealthy people, like Wang An's family, would seal the entire window with plastic sheeting.

That's right. Even though Wang An's house has double windows and uses underfloor heating, the windows still need to be sealed in winter. Otherwise, the warmth inside the house will not be able to withstand the extreme low temperatures that last for seven months in Northeast China.

Therefore, throughout the entire winter, the windows in rural Northeast China remain closed until spring when the weather warms up.

Therefore, any strange smell in the house can linger for a long time, and it takes quite a while to get used to it every time you enter from outside.

The heated house wasn't very big, only about 30 square meters. It was built to the size of a burning cellar, but it was big enough to skin and butcher both the deer and the Amur leopard carcasses at the same time.

After everyone worked together to drag the 400-pound deer into the warm house, Wang Dazhu, Wang An, Wang Yiye, Huang Baoguo, and Huang Zhongye began to skin and butcher the deer and the Amur leopard inside the warm house.

The main reason is that the red deer and Amur leopards haven't started showing signs of rigor mortis yet, making skinning them the easiest process, and the red deer meat is also relatively fresh. (End of Chapter)